2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council, but lost 5 seats. Overall turnout was 22.76%.

Background

100 candidates were nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 12 candidates, whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 28.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Susan Bramley.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Lawrence Bunn and the resignation of Cllr Sidney Summerfield.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Daniel Felton

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Robert Jeyes.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Vera Cridland.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Huggins.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Darrin Best.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr John Wainwright.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Daniel Kelly.